Barry broadfoot s most popular book is ten lost years, 19291939. Six war years 1975, the pioneer years 1976, years of sorrow, years of shame 1977, my own years 1983, the veterans years 1985, the immigrant years 1986, nextyear country 1988 and ordinary russians 1989. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The stories, and the 52 accompanying photographs, tell of. In 1972 he quit his job as books editor with the vancouver sun to travel the country with a tape recorder. Memories of canadians who survived the depression by barry broadfoot online at alibris. Ten lost years 1929 1939 memories of the canadians who. In 1972 he quit his job as books editor with the vancouver sun to travel the.
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Ten lost years, 19291939, memories of canadians who survived the depression book. Memories of the canadians who survived the depression. Hundreds of ordinary canadians tell their own stories in this book. I dont believe anyone can read the stories broadfoot collected from people who. Broadfoot had edited and sifted skillfully to bring that lost decade with its shattered dreams and foreclosed mortgages into affecting focus. Memories of the canadians who survived the depression reprint by broadfoot, barry isbn. Barry broadfoot japanese canadian artists directory.
Ten lost years, 19291939, memories of canadians who. Memories of canadians at home and abroad, and more on. That ended in 1972, when broadfoot chucked his daily job, got into his old volkswagen with an upright typewriter, and drove across the country, collecting the stories that became ten lost years. His first book ten lost years is easily the most informative body of information ive ever encountered about canada in the 1930s. Through all of his book broadfoot gave ordinary canadians a voice in our own history.
They tell them in their own words, and the impact is. Pdf ten lost years 1929 1939 download full pdf book. Barry broadfoot was a noted canadian oral historian, famous for his book ten lost years which shares oral histories of the great depression. Broadfoot crossed the country along the railway network, taping the stories of a wide variety of individuals. By talking into broadfoot s tape recorder in kitchens, bars and coffee shops. Memories of canadians who survived the depression broadfoot, barry on. As page after page of unforgettable stories rolls by, it is easy to see why this book sold 300,000 copies and why a successful stage play that ran for years was based on them. Barry broadfoot, born in winnipeg in 1926, was a child of the depression. Author of ten lost years, 19291939, ordinary russians, the veterans years, six war years 19391945, next year country, the immigrant years, my own years, ten lost years 1939 barry broadfoot. My song is dedicated to barry broadfoot, whose work is a constant inspiration. Drama in two acts, collective creation based on the book by barry broadfoot, ten lost years 19291939.
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He collected the experiences, via taped interviews, during the course of travelling across canada four times, subsequent to leaving his. By talking into broadfoots tape recorder in kitchens, bars and coffee shops across the country, ordinary. In 1972 he quit his job as books editor with the vancouver sun to travel the count. Read ten lost years, 19291939 memories of the canadians who survived the depression by barry broadfoot available from rakuten kobo. Hundreds of ordinary canadians tell their own stories in. Barry broadfoot s first job at 17 years old was as a cub reporter who had to go to the homes of men killed in action in world war ii and obtain photographs to run along with their death notices. Ten lost years, 19291939 hundreds of ordinary canadians tell their own stories in this book. As one of the premier rare book sites on the internet, alibris has thousands of rare books, first editions, and signed books.
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